Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 1043 - 649: Ten Thousand Dragon Skyfall_2

Chapter 1043: Chapter 649: Ten Thousand Dragon Skyfall_2

Compared to the solemn and murderous atmosphere of Zhenxi Prefecture City, this giant dog seemed to have no sense of tension at all.

After approaching Xu Yuan, seeing that he was unharmed, it didn’t leave. Instead, it squatted in the void and began licking its paws noisily, "slurp slurp".

With a faint smile, Xu Yuan looked at the Qilin Wolf that had grown several times larger since their first meeting and said:

"Can you go up and take this hit?"

"..."

Hearing his voice, the "slurp slurp" sound of the Qilin Wolf abruptly stopped. It raised its eyes to stare at him, its wolf eyes pure and innocent.

For a moment, their eyes met.

The Qilin Wolf tilted its head.

Stupid human, I don’t understand.

"...." Xu Yuan’s eye twitched.

Ancient beasts have low intelligence, Jia Yi had mentioned before that the Qilin Wolf’s intellect was roughly equivalent to that of a regular dog.

But at this juncture, Xu Yuan could only hope that its intelligence was at least better than that of a husky.

Xu Yuan gestured and motioned in front of the giant wolf for a while before the Qilin Wolf finally seemed to vaguely comprehend, lifting its gaze toward Emperor Bai high above the heavenly canopy.

Upon seeing the figure, the beast’s instinct kicked in as it bared its wolf teeth toward Emperor Bai. A low, muffled growl transformed into sound waves indiscriminately spreading across several hundred meters.

Fortunately, Xu Yuan and the others were suspended high in the air. Otherwise, had they been closer to the ground, it was unlikely that any mortal within range would have survived.

But after growling for a brief moment, this foolish wolf under Xu Yuan’s watch resumed licking its paws.

Seeing this, Xu Yuan hurriedly tried to continue gesturing, but the Qilin Wolf’s aloof gaze swept over him first.

Go away, not doing it. Taking that hit directly might kill me. Besides, I’ll eat you.

Seeing the expression in its eyes, Xu Yuan felt a wave of despair.

Moments ago, he remarked that the opponent’s cohesion was weak. Yet on his side, it seemed that not everyone could be seamlessly coordinated either.

But this was inevitable.

Back when Tian Ye and Emperor Bai clashed, their earth-shattering blows were vivid in memory.

Now, Emperor Bai’s charged ultimate attack — there was likely no one in this world who could withstand it head-on.

The City Defense Formation could block Bai’s strike, but in order to preserve military morale, they absolutely couldn’t let this attack fall on the City Defense Canopy. Otherwise, the cataclysmic destruction that would follow might shatter the Zhenxi Army’s morale completely.

After all, Emperor Bai’s extreme violence was practically a natural counter to large-scale targets like the City Defense Canopy.

But no one was available to step up and halt him now.

Which meant there was only one path left to take.

Thinking of this,

Xu Yuan turned his gaze toward the direction of the West City Wall....

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"Huff... Huff... Huff..."

The piercing pain surged from every single nook of her body, like tidal waves crashing into her chest over and over.

The sharp buzzing in her ears rendered her unable to think. She tried to breathe deeply, but realized that no matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t catch her breath.

Probing her internal injuries slightly, she discovered with shock that her meridians connecting her internal organs were already riddled with tiny fractures.

Moments ago, in order to block the Crystal Giant Arrow, she had forced herself to activate the Military Array Force despite insufficient cultivation, costing her half her life.

Her figure swayed painfully, the severe injuries inside clouding Li Junwu’s vision to the point of blacking out. Even the levitating spellcraft she clung to was faltering, and she nearly plummeted from the sky, but she forcibly steadied herself.

Li Junwu knew that most of the attention inside the city was now focused on that scoundrel Xu Yuan, but even if just one soldier, one civilian was watching her, she couldn’t afford to collapse here.

With painstaking effort, she dispersed the cultivation technique bit by bit, ensuring its backlash didn’t spill anywhere close to the rank-and-file soldiers.

After completing this, Li Junwu exhaled a long sigh of relief.

Although she had sustained heavy injuries, at least this time she managed to avert the destruction of the Prefecture City without relying on that guy.

The corners of her lips lifted into a slight smile as she tried to suppress evidence of her internal wounds from showing, raising her gaze to survey the surroundings.

But with just one glance, her faintly recovering mood instantly plummeted to rock bottom.

What was that anomaly atop the sky dome?

Though she couldn’t match that guy’s skills and knew far fewer methods than him, she at least understood morale and army cohesion.

The appearance of such an anomaly would crumble Zhenxi Army morale within the city...

Li Junwu realized the enemy’s scheme and also understood the level of adversaries Xu Yuan would face from now on in his daily battles.

Clenching her lips and tightening her fists, she looked over toward him — only to meet his gaze directed at her.

Separated by most of the city, their silent exchange was wordless.

In the quiet,

She parted her lips slightly, softening her voice as she smiled lightly:

"Use the City Defense Formation. I’ll handle the morale aftermath."

As her words fell,

The Ten Thousand Dragons above the sky suddenly cascaded down like an unstoppable torrent.

The collapse began.

Zhenxi Prefecture City, which was perched atop the abyssal cliffs of Qianji Gorge, had a foundation painstakingly built to be extremely robust, but the surrounding soil and broken rocks weren’t afforded the same treatment.

Merely the collision between the City Defense Formation and that Ten Thousand Dragon Skyfall generated air currents powerful enough to create fissures in the hundred-meter stone bridge connecting the two sides of Qianji Gorge. The massive soil and rock around the city began crashing downward like a muddy flood into the pitch-black depths of the gorge...

With one strike, the turmoil subsided.

The Great Formation successfully deflected this seemingly divine punishment-like blow, but it turned out extremely battered.

The City Defense Canopy was left torn apart, flickering irregularly, with several enormous breaches now visible on its surface.

The City Defense Array, pushed to its limits by Li Junwu’s overexertion, began its work.

At the ruptures blown open in the canopy by Emperor Bai, strands of net-like light began appearing, rapidly mending those gaps like silken threads.

This process was astonishingly swift, and Xu Yuan kept a vigilant eye on the figure above — the Lord of the Ancient Abyss, Emperor Bai.

If the other party chose to act now, he could seize this opportunity to invade the city.

But evidently, that wasn’t his intention.

Emperor Bai simply stood in the void, quietly observing the chaos within the city.

Then, just as he had arrived, he vanished instantly into the sky dome....

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"The formation is almost repaired; why not press the advantage?"

The densely-layered pupils in Mu Xingyi’s eyes fixated on the Lord of the Ancient Abyss who had just returned:

"If you strike two more times, the formation will be directly broken."

Emperor Bai’s draconic gaze swept over this Insect Person once before moving past him without a word, heading deeper within.

The recesses of Qianji Gorge were pitch-black, so dark that not even a glimmer of light could be seen.

From the depths came a hoarse, chuckling voice, agreeing with Mu Xingyi’s remark:

"Brother Mu is correct. With your strength, Emperor Bai, if you strike this City Defense Formation a few more times, it won’t hold. The soldiers inside will collapse instantly, and Xu Changtian’s trump card will lose one of its pieces."

"You can spare me your nonsense."

Emperor Bai replied placidly: "I only do what I must. If you want the city breached now, you and the Pavilion Master can join me at once. Shall we?"

Upon hearing this, the hunched old man stroked the corner of his beard, saying nothing further.

The chaos engulfing the world was merely in its infancy, not yet spiraling into complete disarray. For them — these figures hiding in the shadows — remaining out of public view was an obvious strategy.

After all, no one could predict whether the Emperor might alter his decision in his final moments, choosing to avoid direct confrontation with the Prime Minister’s Mansion and instead opting for reforms through a succession plan.

While this scenario was extremely unlikely, it couldn’t be dismissed entirely.

Utilizing Emperor Bai and these three alien Saint-level adversaries to breach the city would certainly succeed. And even if Xu Yinhè wanted to exploit this and stage a subsequent political maneuver, he wouldn’t be able to invoke grandiose proprieties or rules to retaliate.

Unfortunately, Emperor Bai showed no sign of falling for the bait.

This man intended to drag them into the fray before continuing his plans.

And, if he could achieve his goals without their intervention, Emperor Bai might even turn against them to cause trouble.

After all, if these collaborators were excluded from responsibility, the target would be solely narrowed down to the Ancient Abyss.

Quite a dilemma...

As he thought, the hunched elder glanced at the silent white-robed woman nearby.

It seemed the plan to corner Emperor Bai here was likely to be shelved.

In the midst of their silence, a delicate female voice quietly emerged from the depths of the darkness:

"Since Lord Bai is unwilling, we naturally won’t insist."

Upon hearing this voice, the hunched old man chuckled and bowed toward the inner shadows:

"Miss Wen."

The speaker remained hidden within the black void, her voice laced with laughter:

"Everyone, today’s events were not without their gains.

"The two anchors of stability within Zhenxi Prefecture City’s military morale have already been personally removed by Xu Changtian. The collapse of morale is inevitable.

"We only need to wait patiently for internal chaos to erupt before striking together.

"Next, Mr. Mu, I’ll leave it to you to control the insect tide to assault the city."

"....."

Mu Xingyi, his compound insect eyes reflecting deep thought for a moment, suddenly spoke:

"Controlling the insect tide to assault the city is no issue. But what if the other side tries to stabilize it with bloodshed and iron rule?"

After a brief silence,

The gentle yet smiling female voice spoke softly:

"That is indeed a concern, but given the current situation within the city, if he adopts that approach, the collapse will come even faster.~"